Over 250 laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) fundoplications: Lessons learned

American Surgeon

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 870-875

  Sukharamwala, Prashant ^a   Teta, Anthony ^a   Ross, Sharona ^a   Co, Franka ^a   Alvarez Calderon, Giannina ^a   Luberice, Kenneth ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; BARBED SUTURE; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPIC RETRACTOR; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYESTER SUTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SILK SUTURE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOM; TOUPET FUNDOPLICATION; AGED; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941710997     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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